The AMD A4-5300B was a desktop processor with 2 cores, launched in October 2012. It is part of the A4 lineup, using the Trinity architecture with Socket FM2. A4-5300B has 1 MB of L2 cache and operates at 3.4 GHz by default, but can boost up to 3.6 GHz, depending on the workload. AMD is making the A4-5300B on a 32 nm production node using 1,303 million transistors. The silicon die of the chip is not fabricated at AMD, but at the foundry of GlobalFoundries. The multiplier is locked on A4-5300B, which limits its overclocking potential.
With a TDP of 65 W, the A4-5300B consumes typical power levels for a modern PC. AMD's processor supports DDR3 memory with a dual-channel interface. The highest officially supported memory speed is 1600 MT/s, but with overclocking (and the right memory modules) you can go even higher. For communication with other components in the machine, A4-5300B uses a PCI-Express Gen 2 connection. This processor features the Radeon HD 7480D integrated graphics solution.
Hardware virtualization is available on the A4-5300B, which greatly improves virtual machine performance. Programs using Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX) can run on this processor, boosting performance for calculation-heavy applications.